What is recorded here

Sixteen scattered brushwood fragments and one longer roundwood mark a faded structure in County Offaly peat. Milling and exposure have harmed the remains, yet their sparse alignment still suggests a larger building or boundary now reduced to broken pieces. The peat itself has done more than bury them; it has rewritten them into a puzzle where human intention emerges only through what is missing.

Sixteen pieces of mixed brushwood (L 0.06-0.18m) and one roundwood (L 0.78) on the field surface (L 4.53m min.; Wth 1.32m; D 0.045m). The elements are irregularly laid and widely spaced, with extensive damage due to milling and exposure. It is likely that this material represents the remains of a more substantial structure. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat containing Eriophorum and a high level of ericaceous remains. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2003. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. The original survey description was compiled by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin). Assessed and revised by: Caimin O'Brien, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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